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sand-eel
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3rd Jul 08 at 22:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
They go into the Daewoo Optra in Canada and are made by Holden in Australia. They have been hugely de-tuned down to 120bhp maybe with crappy cams, ecu map but I imagine with some uk stuff thrown on it would be back to 150bhp easy.


[Edited on 03-07-2008 by sand-eel]
sand-eel
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3rd Jul 08 at 22:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
The touring car thread got me wondering
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3rd Jul 08 at 22:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lack of coscast head probs makes a difference too! lol!
Linch
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quote:
Originally posted by davey_jack
lack of coscast head probs makes a difference too! lol!


no it dosnt
Tom
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3rd Jul 08 at 22:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Aren't lada using them in the WTCC

[Edited on 03-07-2008 by Tom]
Fraser Young
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3rd Jul 08 at 22:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
New production ones from GM Australia are similar in terms of internals and dimensions but different.

Not a true C20XE?

IIRC.
sand-eel
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na chevrolet
Fraser Young
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quote:
Originally posted by Tom
Aren't lada using them in the WTCC


Lada did use C20XE before though. So possibly.

[Edited on 03-07-2008 by Fraser Young]
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we can always be hopefull... but you can still buy them from vaux
sand-eel
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thought they were vauxhall recon?
Fraser Young
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Yeah ones from Vaux are all existing blocks that have been recon.
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prob for about a £1000 i'm guessing
Fraser Young
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At least! And usually on exchange basis!
Fraser Young
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3rd Jul 08 at 23:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
http://www.medlibrary.org/medwiki/GM_Ecotec_engine

Quite a good find. And links etc.
For anyone interested.
sand-eel
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3rd Jul 08 at 23:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
LK9 aluminium Saab turbo engine based on the ecotec 2 litre i wonder if that would fit a corsa/nova
DAZ1985
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yes i think its been done before
Ellis
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quote:
Originally posted by sand-eel
prob for about a £1000 i'm guessing
It's about £1600 given you have a ruined one to give them in exchange IIRC
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You can buy the recon'd from Vaux, i think they are £1000 ish just for the basics (Head, block etc)

 
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